Silent Spring

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 14, 2010460 views20 comments

A few days ago when i went to this shoreline to shoot sunset i saw these flowers that caught my attention. i can say that it was my first Spring feeling of 2010. Shot taken at sunset on the south coast of São Jorge island - Azores.

Canon 5D2, Canon 17-40, 0.9NDG

All C&C are very welcome.

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20 comments

Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on April 14, 2010 at 8:32 PM

Great scene Rui. The flowers are a nice bonus to an already beautiful pic

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Comment posted by Paulo A.Lopes on April 14, 2010 at 8:42 PM

Super Azores Spring feeling. Love the Fg and the rugged coastline, complemented with beautiful sunset and sky.

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Comment posted by Bruno Silva on April 14, 2010 at 9:06 PM

I´m with Paulo, "azores spring feeling"! very nice capture. the fg flowers are a great adition to this image, so is the mood in the sky. ps. might visit you next May!

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on April 14, 2010 at 9:09 PM

Beautiful from front to back, top to bottom. Love that strong color in the flowers.

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Comment posted by Raymond Marlow on April 14, 2010 at 10:34 PM

Gorgeous image great work on all areas with lighting, flowers and comp very nice

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Comment posted by Gabi Lach on April 14, 2010 at 10:36 PM

Beautiful scene. Flowers in the foreground are darling! Great shot!

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Comment posted by John Williams on April 14, 2010 at 10:56 PM

Very nice! Like Anthony notes, the scene is great anyway, but those vibrant flowers really add.

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Comment posted by Daniel Ewert on April 14, 2010 at 10:57 PM

Really nice comp here. Beautiful scene all around.
Daniel

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Comment posted by Jeremy Kessler on April 15, 2010 at 1:01 AM

Great Image, checked out your website as well. You've got some amazing images.

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on April 15, 2010 at 1:59 AM

Beautiful shoreline with some great colors. Nice work.

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Comment posted by Adrian Metzelaar on April 15, 2010 at 3:04 AM

A very beautiful image, love the flowers

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Comment posted by Pavel Cakl on April 15, 2010 at 3:54 AM

Very nice one !

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on April 15, 2010 at 5:21 AM

Wow - that's a winner, Rui. The composition is intense with the rock pointing in one direction and the clouds in the other. The colors are nice from the flowers to the great sky.
Some thoughts. I might add just a little more color to the sky to balance for the flowers a bit. The magentas in the flowers look a little strong which result in loss of contrast there. Maybe you can bring some of it back. Finally the web sharpening looks uneven somehow with the flowers being very strong sharpened and the rocks/sky being quite soft. But maybe that's a result of DOF.
Aside from all my nit-picking - great shot.

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Comment posted by Jay Patel on April 15, 2010 at 6:51 AM

Excellent photograph with lots of details, great light and beautiful composition. Good work.

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on April 15, 2010 at 9:50 AM

Terrific, well-balanced scene.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on April 15, 2010 at 10:11 AM

Nice foreground Rui. This looks like an awesome place.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on April 15, 2010 at 3:14 PM

Beautiful capture . . . looks like a wonderful place to spend some time. The flowers add a nice punch of color.

I'm surprised nobody has commented on the title. I wouldn't expect folks outside the US to know this, but "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson is one of the foremost works of environmental non-fiction here . . . it launched a backlash against DDT a few decades ago and helped make environmentalism a mainstream thing. A wonderful book, but probably not quite the same sentiments you had in mind in choosing a title!

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Comment posted by David Cobb on April 16, 2010 at 11:20 AM

Wonderful foreground and sky, the elements all come together nicely here.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on April 17, 2010 at 11:19 AM

Nice shot! I like very much the flowers in the foreground.

D&L

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Comment posted by Ken Johnson on April 18, 2010 at 7:49 PM

Rui, Beautiful flowers, Beautiful image, Beautiful place. Like th coast line the lighting on the sunset. Great job!

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